Richt to look at other indoor facilities

Georgia football coach Mark Richt will be part of a Georgia contingent visiting SEC campuses today to look at indoor practice facilities. Another trip is planned to schools outside the conference.

Athletic director Damon Evans said no timetable is in place for an indoor facility.

"It's just the first step," he said. "Nothing's definitive yet. No hardcore plans."

Evans mentioned Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee as schools on the slate but said all SEC schools didn't put out the welcome mat.

"We have to decide exactly what we want and also have to decide where to put it," Richt said. "That's kind of slowed it down. You want it all together if you can get it. We could just put an indoor facility and stick it out by Soccer/Softball (on Milledge Avenue) and say we have an indoor facility, but I want it to be more than that. I want it to be convenient, also."

Richt contract remains unsigned

Richt has not signed the new contract that he agreed to in late January, but said he expects that to be resolved in the coming weeks.

The deal is worth $2 million per year and runs through 2013.

"It's just the language that has to be hammered out until everybody feels good," Richt said. "Lawyers have fun with that."

Richt has had other things on his mind in recent weeks. His wife Katharyn underwent surgery after being diagnosed with cervical cancer. Richt said she is now cancer-free, but is on medication after developing a couple of blood clots.

"It probably would have been done if it wasn't for Katharyn's situation," Richt said. "We were really close to finalizing some things and it just got put on hold. I don't forsee any problems at all."

This and that

Richt should have special interest in the College Football Hall of Fame induction on Dec. 5 in New York. Charlie Ward, the Heisman Trophy winning quarterback that Richt coached at Florida State, and Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden are among 15 in this year's class. ... Richt had some pointed comments about the performance of Georgia's senior offensive tackles this spring. He said Daniel Inman had a "subpar," spring and that junior Ken Shackelford "quite frankly quit on a couple of plays," but is "talented enough to be a draft pick."